Attaching window-shades to rollers



C. C. MOSHER.

ATTAGHING WINDOW SHADBS To ROLLBRS.,

Patented Oct. 18,1881.

NITED STATESA PATENT Orrrce.

ATTACHING" WINDOW-SHADES TO ROLLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,494, dated October 18, 1881. Application filed February 4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, UHARLES C. Mosnna, of Seneca Falls, in the county ot' Seneca and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bands for Attaching Window Shades and Curtains to Rollers, whether the same are provided with springs or not, of which the following is a speciication.

The object of my invention is to provide a better method of attaching and adjusting shades and curtains to rollers, upon which they hang without using nails, tacks, or glue.

Heretot'ore shades have been attached to the rollers by cut rings, first placed in grooves upon the rollers, and then the ends of the curtains or shades slipped under one end ot'each ring, one at a time. This method is objectionable, because the end of the rings have to bear with such pressure on one end ofthe shade or curtain so fastened as to penetrate and thus injure it. The curtain is 'with difculty adjusted so as to hang true, and cannot be removed without being del'aced and the rollers u more or less marred.

My invention consists of a broad clasp, clip, or band of metal, or its equivalent, being twothirds7 more orless, ofacylinder, circular band, or ring, whose inside diameter is equal to the outside diameter of the roller upon which it is to be used, and which may be the segment either ofa simple ring of metal or its equivalent or of a band ot' suitable width. The clips are beveled on the inside edges, so as to slip on easily over the fabric, which is first placed on the roller, to hold the fabric without wearing or defacin g it.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicatelike parts, Figure lis a perspective view of my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the clips, showing the beveled inside edges. Fig. 3 is an end view, showing the mode of applying the clip over the curtain, and in dotted lines the clip applied.

A represents the clips; B, the roller, and C the curtain or shade.

The clip is beveled on the inside, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, D D being the beveled ends and E E the beveled sides, the beveling preventing the clip from cutting into the material when moved sidewise. i

My clip is applied as follows: Upon the roller B lay the curtain C, then slip one ofthe clips A over both curtain and roller, about the center thereof', allowing thecurtain to hang free. Ifitdoes nothang true and even,it may be made to hang so by taking hold of either free corner of the curtain and working it around the clip, as on a pivot. When satisfactorily adjusted put on as many additional clips as may be necessary. The beveled edges ot' the clips permit their position to be shifted at pleasure by sliding them along the roller over the curtain, and also allow them to be readily slipped on or off without ruftling or tearing the cloth or fabric. It the curtain or shade he of unusual weight, or subject to great strain, as the drop or scene curtain of a theater, it may be rolled once'around the roller before putting on the first clip. The clips will then cover the meeting portions of the curtain or shade, thereby holding it more firmly.

To remove the curtain or shade the clips are taken hold of between the thumb and foretnger and pulled off from the roller.

These clips, as hereinbefore described, and being of suitable size and strength, are designed and intended for use with and upon rollers and curtains of whatever size, weight, or material, and for whatever purpose used.

Having thus described myinvention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A broad clip, A, adapted to be appliedA over a curtain alreadyin position on the roller, substantially as set forth.

2. A broad clip, A, having beveled inside edges and ends, E D, adapted to be applied over and to be shifted sidewise on a curtain and its roller, as set forth.

C HARLES C. MOSHER. 

